Smoke-house.



J. C. HUTTON.

SMOKE HOUSE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 23. 1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

anonimi .LQMES C. EUTTN, OF SPRINGFIELD, SOUTH DKO'I.

SMQm-HOUSE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb., a, 11913.

Application flied August 23, i912. Sei-iai No. 717,610.

To all wwm it may concern:

Be it lmown that dai/ms C. HU'r'roN, a citizen or" the United States, residing at Springield, in the county of Bonhomme and State of South Bakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Smoke- Houses, of which the following is a speciieation.

This invention relates to smoke houses and particularly to houses for smoking seed corn or the like.

object of the invention is to provide means Jor maximizing the area over which the smoke is'adapted to travel in the presence o" the seed whereby to thoroughly subject the seed toend to cause the same to be eectually commingled with the smoke gases. i Y

Lniet-her ohjeet or the invention is to provide means whereby the' seed can' be readily placed in or removed from the house.

En the drawing' iorming a portion oi this application, the figure represents a longitudine-l section through the smoke house.

The casing l oi, Ehe smoke house herein shown ma f be bniltupon a suitable masonry inondation 2 so as to add yto the durability oi3 the structure as shown. A crown sheet or baille. 3 is disposed ahove the bottom of the house, being, suitably spaced therefrom to accommodate a suitable fire" grate e and to allow for the formation beneath the grate' oi an ash 5, the latter being'V disposed in line with a suitable clean-out opening 6 in the iront wall of the house. An opening 2' is also iormedin the front wall of the house and disposed ahove the plane of the opening' wherehy material to be fed to 'the grate can he readily introduced thereto. rihe opening 7 is closed hy a door 8 while the ash pit opening 6 is covered'hy a, door 9'. The baiie 3 is'provided on its underside with' a refractory lining l0 whereby the bafile is rendered dre proof. At one end the hadie is spaced 'from the rear wall 1l of the honse so as to denne therewith a feed passage i2 'zo permit the smoke to discharge inio die space i3 between the bao 3 and the oraininous seed support la. The seed support is secured in a suitable frame i and mounted upon vthe side ,walls o' the house whereby it can he readily into or out oithe door way i6: in the frontwail ci the house to permit the treated seed to he conseniently removed and to acilitaie the introduction of the seed so he treated. it l? the frame of the seed support is in Contact with the wall il of 'the house while at the opposite end the frame is spaced from the front wall of the house so as to dene therewith a passage i8. At a point above the seed support and rigidly mounted within the house l is a second balde 19 which is spaced at 2G from the wall 11 as shown.

stack 2 leads from the top oi the house and adjustably mounted therein is a suitable draft regulating damper 22. A reguiating damper 23 is also mounted in the door 9 of' the ash pit opening, the latter being adapted to cooperate with the former to encourage sucient draft in the ash pit to promote combustion and to insure a thorough circulation of the smoke gases throughout the house.

The baiiie 3 supporrs ueuectlng members which are angularlydisposed with re- 'iation to the baie and which extend inthe direction of the seed support, being terminally spaced from the latter as shown. Defiecting members 25 extend downwardly and rearwardly from the top cattle 19 and are spaced from the seed support as illustrated. v y

The apparatus is principally inended'to be used in treating seeds and to coat the same with a gaseous element so as to prevent them from being eaten by squirrels or other ground rooting animals after the seed is planted.4 Corn cobs, corn husks, brush, oil or the like may be burned in the iurnace chamber a of the apparatus and from the relative arrangement of the companion parts of the structure it is evident that the smoke gases will circulate in ythe manner indicated by the arrows, said gases first finding escape by way of the passage 12 where it is permitted to travel in the space 13 directly beneath the foraruinous seed support, the beides Qa serving to dedect the smoke in a direction whereby it will pass through the seed support to be edectually commingled with the seed. Some oi the smoke gases wili continue throughout the space i3 where it will iind access to the space B hy way of the passage i3. The then take a course above the plane or' the seed support and they are deflected down against the upper layer o' seeds by means or the detlecting members rhe waste gases iinaly escape to the stoel;- 2l hy way of the passage 20. in this manner the seed is thoroughly treated to the action of the gases in the minimum period of time and with a minimum expenditure of fuel.

I claim 1. A smoke house having a furnace chamber, a baille disposed above the chamber and spaced at one end from an adjacent portion of the house, a second baille disposed above the tirst baifie and having one end spaced from an'adjacent portion of the house and a seed support disposed between the battles and having a portion disposed in a direct line with the space between the ballles and the said adjacent portions of the J house whereby smoke passing from the furnace chamber will be compelled to travel Erst below the seed support and then above the same.

9.. A smoke house provided with a oraminous seed support and a furnace chamber, a. baille Vlocated below said support, a bathe located above the support, delecting means carried by the first baffle and extending forwardly therefrom and in the direction of the underside of the support, and deecting members carried by the second baille and extending rearwardly therefrom and in vthe direction of the uppersurface of the seed support.

3. A smoke house having a furnace chamher and a door opening, a door closing the opening, a seed support slidably mounted in the hou and adapted to be moved through said opening, and battles located within the house and disposed respectively above and below the seed support whereby gases discharging from the furnace will be permitted to circula-te above and below and through the seed support.

In'testimony whereof l aihx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. BUTTON.

lVitnesses C. L. HiLL, Vriv'rA B. NASH. 

